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HARRY N MARVIN AND HERMAN CASLER, OF CANASTOTA, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR DELINEATING CHARACTER ACCORDING TO THE CHARACTER OF THEHAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1907.

Application filed September 25, 1905. Serial No- 279,979-

To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY 1 MARVIN and HERMAN OASLER, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Canastota, in the county of Madison and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApparatus for Delineating Character According to the Character of theHand, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe drawings accompanying and forming a part of the same. i

It is generally believed or assumed that the human hand is in somedegree an index of the character or disposition of an individual, thelength or shape of the hand varying with the character or disposition.

Our present invention is an apparatus for indicating personalcharacteristics in accordance with the shape of the human hand and isdesigned for purposes of amusement by giving automatic responses, framedfrom the results of study of the subject, to accord with the shape orsize of any hand applied to it.

In general, the apparatus comprises an element, in the nature of a gage,to which the hand is applied ina prescribed manner, and which controlsthe operation of the machine according to the size and shape of thehand; another element, which ordinarily consists of a magazine of cardsbearing different inscriptions and intermediate mechanism adapted todeliver or display one or another of such cards according to theparticular adjustment produced by the gage as affected by the characterof the hand applied thereto.

Our invention is more particularly in the nature of an improvement onthat described and claimed broadly in the copending application of HarryN. Marvin, filed April 18th, 1905, Serial No. 256,329, now Patent No.803,002, issued October 31, 1905.

In carrying out our present invention in its preferred form, we employ aseries of card chutes or racks, and mechanism for delivering a card fromany one of the chutes, according to the adjustment of the ejectingdevices, which depends upon the dimensions of the hand applied to thehand gage. The latter includes a number of pins or plungers on which thehands rests and which are adapted to be lifted from their normalpositions by devices which travel over. their lower ends. Combined withthese travelers are devices connected with the card selecting mechanismand so constructed and arranged that as long as the pins meet the hand,and

therefore prevent the upwardly pressing traveler from rising out of itspath, the card selecting devices will continue to be actuated. But assoon as the traveler or travelers move beyond the hand, so that the pinsagainst which they press can rise to their full extent, the elevation ofthe traveler causes the mechanism to be locked, which determines theposition which the selecting devices will take relative to the difIerentchutes. All of the cards in a given chute bear inscriptions of the samegeneral character, so that individuals having hands of substantially thesame size will receive cards of the same gen.

eral kind, while a person with a longer or shorter, or broader ornarrower hand, will re ceive a totally different card. In practice weprefer to make the different kinds or classes of cards with readilydistinguishable visual characteristics, as for example by making them ofdifferent shapes, or in differ ent colors, as many as there are types ofhands, each type of course having its own chute. This makes it easyforan onlooker to note, (with consequent arousing of his curi osity),that one operator always receives a card of the same color, as red, orthe same shape, as square, while another operator always receives green,or triangular cards, still another receiving always yellow, or hexagonalcards, etc. I

It is obvious that the specific construction of the mechanism thusgenerally outlined may be very greatly varied without departure from theinvention, but in order to enable those skilled in the art to constructand operate the same readily, we refer now to the drawings whichillustrate the improvement in its preferred embodiment.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the apparatus, with thefront of the upper part of the casing removed; the lower part, or frontextension of the casing, being in section on the line I I, of Fig. 2.Fig. 2 is a section on line II II, of Fig. 1, looking in the directionof the arrows. Fig. 3 is a front view of the card magazine, showing theseveral chutes or racks composing the same, and

the mechanism for ejecting cards therefrom. Fig. 4 is a detail sectionalv1ew,show1ng one of the card ejectors and the devices which actuate it.Fig. 5 is a top plan view of several of the ejector actuating devices,showing their positions relative to the cjectors. Fig. 6 is a detailunder plan view of one of the ejector mechanisms. Fig. 7 is a diagramshowing the arrangement of the ejectors and their actuating devices.Fig. 8 is a top plan view of thehand-measuring mechanism, the

gage-pin casing or box, showing a hand applied thereto in the prescribedmanner. Fig. 11 is a section similar to Fig. 9, showing the operativeparts of the hand-measuring mechanism in another position. Fig. 12 is asection similar to that of Fig. 9, showing the positions occupied by theparts when measuring the length of the hand. Fig. 13 is a section online XIIIXIII, Fig. 8, showing the initial position of the devices which'measuse the width of the hand. Fig. 14 is an under plan view of thehand-measuring mechanism. Fig. 15 is a detail perspective view of thegage-block, which actuates the card selecting devices according to thedimensions of the hand as found by the measuring mechanism. Fig. 16 is asection on line XVIXVI, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows,showing the coin-controlled mechanism. Fig. 17 is a detail sectionalview on line XVII, Fig. 16, showing the connection of the coin-controldevices with the main operating shaft of the apparatus. Fig. 18 is adetail plan view of the coin-control mechanism, and Fig. 19 is a detailview, in side elevation, showing the positions occupied by the parts ofthe coincontrolled mechanism when the various functions of the rest ofthe apparatus have been performed.

The apparatus is inclosed in a suitable casing 1, having a frontextension 2, on the top of which is exposed the plate on which theperson using the machine rests his hand. In the upper part of the casingis the card magazine, and in the lower part the mechanism which measuresthe hand and actuates the card-ejecting devices, all the functions ofthe machine being effected by the operating handle, 3, which the userpulls forward, toward him, until it strikes a stop 4 on the side of thecasing.

The card magazine, (see Figs. 1 to 7, inclusive), is composed of anysuitable number of chutes or racks, as for example ten, designated bythe numerals to 14 inclusive. Each chute has a slot in its front wallnear the bottom, through which the lowermost card of the stack thereinmay be ejected, and

v the bottom of each chute has a slot extending from front to rear,theedges of which constitute guides or rails on which the ejectors move.One of such guides is shown at 16, Fig. 4.

Extending across the magazine, below and behind the same, is a bar 17,engaged at its ends by the forked ends of levers 1 8, 19, by

.which it may be moved forward andbackward under the card chutes, theends of the bar moving in suitable guides, as 20, on the sides of thecasing. Mounted in the ejectoractuating bar 17 and adapted tobereciprocated therein is a slide 21, having on its top a series ofplates 22, to which are pivoted a series of pawls, indicated by thenumerals 23 to 27 inclusive, each pawl extending rearwardly under thebar and terminating in an upwardly extending tooth, as 28. On the underside of the slide 21 are plates 29, arranged adjacent to the pawls, andprovided at their ends with notches, through which the pawl teethextend, as shown for example in Figs. 5 and 6. The pawls are held in theposition of Fig. 4 by springs connected with the plates 29, the springsshown in Figs. 4 and 6 being designated by 30. j

The bottom plate of each card chute extendsto the rear of the chute, andon the rails formed by the edges of the slot, before mentioned, is anejector, as 31, having a downwardly extending finger 32, which may beengaged by the tooth on one of the pawls as the same is carried forwardby the bar 17. The ejector in its forward movement engages the bottomcard by means of a shoulder, as 33, on its upper surface, and pushes thecard out into the receiver 34, Fig. 2, where it may be taken by theoperator. I It will be observed that while there are ten card chutes andan ejector for each of them, there are but five pawls to actuate thesame. Nevertheless it is possible to actuate any one ejector at will,and no others, by these five pawls. This result is secured by arrangingthe pawls on the principle of the vernier scale, as will be more clearlyseen by reference to Fig. 7, which is a diagrammatic front view of theejecting devices, one of the chutes, 5, being omitted. The pawls arespaced apart a distance equal to one and four-fifths the distancebetween ejectors. Hence when the slide is shifted to the left, so as tobring the right hand pawl into engagement with the ejector of chute 14no other ejectors will be engaged, and a card from chute 14 only will bethrown out. Moving the slide farther will bring the second pawl intoengagement with the ejector of chute 12. In the next three positions ofthe slide the ejectors of chutes 10, 8 and 6 will be engaged by thethird, fourth and fifth pawls respectively. Moving the slide to thesixth position will bring the first pawl into. engagement with theejector of chute 13, this position of the pawls being indicated by thesolid black in Fig. 7. The remaining four positions bring the second,third, fourth and fifth pawls into engagement with the ejectors ofchutes 11, 9, 7 and 5 respectively. It will therefore be seen that by atotal movement of the slide less than the distance between alternatechutes each ejector may be actuated.

For the purpose of shifting the slide 21 it is provided with a slottedfinger which is engaged by a stud 36 on the end of an arm 37 on a sleeve38, which latter is actuated by an arm 39 and link 40 connectedtherewith. The stud or pin 36 is of sufiicient length, as will be seenin Fig. 2, to permit the bar to oscillate without disengaging the studfrom the finger 35. The link 40 is pivoted at its lower end to a block41, Fig. 2, on a carrier 42 arranged to reciprocate vertically on guiderods 43, the block and carrier being held in their lowermost position bya spring 37 a connected with lever 37 ,see Figs. 1 and 3. When the mainoperating shaft 44 is rocked by the handle 3 an arm 45 on the said shaftstrikes the face 46 on the block and raises the same, thus actuating thearm 37 and slide 21, as will be readily understood. Inasmuch as certainother functions are .to be performed by other mechanisms before theslide 21 is set, the arm 45 is arranged at an angle to the planeoccupied by the face 46, so that the shaft can turn some distance beforethe block 41 is raised; and since another function, as the forwardmovement of the bar 17 to eject a card, is to be performed after theblock is raised, the arm 45 is mounted loosely on the shaft 44, but isheld yieldingly in its normal position, as in Fig. 2, by a coil-spring47 attached to a stop 48 rigidly mounted on the shaft, so that after theblock is checked the yielding of the spring will permit the shaft toturn still farther.

It is evident that the extent of the upward movement of the block 41determines the position of the slide 21 and therefore the chute fromwhich a card is ejected. Consequently means are provided as follows tocontrol the upward movement of the block. By referring to Fig. 15 itwill be seen that theblock has a series of steps, nine in number, andall of different heights. In Figs. 11 and 12 will be seen a horizontallyswinging lever 49, carrying at its right end a gage rod 50, capable ofvertical movement therein. The lever may also be moved bodily to theright, by means hereinafter described. Assuming now that the block is inits initial or lower most position, as in Fig. 2, if the lever be somoved as to bring the gage rod over the block the extent to which thelatter rises will depend on what step the rod is brought to rest over,the upward. movement of the rod being limited by the fixed plate 51. Forexample, the height of the block in Fig. 12 is greater than if the gagerod had rested over one of the higher-steps. If the rod were not carriedfar enough to reach the block, or so far as to pass beyond the block,the latter could rise to its highest position, as in Fig. 11, thusgiving ten positions though there are only nine steps on the block.These ten positions produce the ten positions of the ejector slide 21,as previously explained, and hence determine the chute from which a cardis ejected.

The gage rod is brought into operative relation to the gage block by thefollowing mechanism. Arranged a short distance below the top of thefront extension 2 of the casing 1 is a supporting plate 52. An underplan view of this plate and the parts now to be described is shown inFig. 14. This plate has two slots, designated by 53 and 54, the

former extending longitudinally and the latter transversely of themachine. At the sides of the slots, on the top of the plate, are railsor guides 55, 56, respectively, on which are mounted carriages 57, 58.On the bottom of carriage 57 is a stud 59, extending through the slot53, and it is on this stud that the bell crank lever 49 is fulcrumed,which lever, it will be remembered, carries the gage rod 50. To theother arm of the lever 49 is pivoted a link 60, and from the pivoted endof the link extends a rigid arm 61 to whichthe bell crank lever isconnected by a spring 62. On the link is also a stop 63, against whichthe adjacent arm of the bell crank lever may bear, so that the latter isnormally yieldingly held in the full-line position shown in Fig. 14. Atthe other end of the link is a slot 64, arranged at an angle to thelink, engaged by a stud 65 on the end of a lever 66, which is fulcrumedat 67 to the supporting plate 52 and actuated by a link 68 suitablyconnected with the main operating shaft, as will be more fully explainedhereinafter. The operation of the parts will now be easily understood.The initial position is shown in Fig. 8, from which it will be seen thatas the link 68 is moved to the left the stud 65 will pass along the slot64, and when it strikes the lower end of the slot it will move the lever49 and carriage 57 bodily to the right, the carriage being shifted onthe rails 55. As long as the carriage is free to move, the lever 49 willoccupy its initial position relative thereto, that is to say, it willnot be turned on its fulcrum to carry the gage rod 50 laterally towardthe gage block 41. But if the carriage be positively held, continuedmovement of the lever 66 will swing the bell crank lever away from thestop 63, and bring the gage rod toward the gage block, as will bereadily understood. It may here be said that the movement of the lever49, (and hence the rod 50), bodily toward the gage block is dependent inextent upon the length of the users hand, by means of deviceshereinafter described, and that the lateral swing of the lever 49depends in extent upon the breadth of the hand; so that the combinationof the two determines the position of the gage rod relative to the stepson the gage block and therefore the kind of card ejected from themagazine.

Extending at an angle from the lever 66,

Fig. 14, is an arm 69, connected by a link to one arm of a bell crank71, which is fulcrumed on the supporting plate 52 at 72.

The other arm of the lever 71 is connected by a link 73 to a stud 74extending through the slot 54 from the underside of the carriage 58, sothat at the same time the carriage 57 is being shifted to the right (asviewed in Figs. 8 and 14) the carriage 58 is being moved in a pathtransverse thereto. It will be observed that there is no yieldingconnection between lever 66 and carriage 58, hence although the lever 66can continue to swing after carriage 57 has been checked, and therebyswing the bell crank 49 on its fulcrum, the stopping of the carriage 58necessarily stops the lever 66 and further swinging of the bell cranklever 49. As before stated, the point at which the carriage 57 stops isdetermined by the length of the users hand, and the point at which thecarriage 58 comes to rest is determined by the breadth of the hand.

The mechanism for controlling the movements of the carriages accordingto the dimensions of the hand will now be described.

On the top of the front extension 2 of the casing 1 is a rectangularplate 75, (Figs. 9 to 14), lying above the supporting plate 52 andarranged with its longer dimension parallel with the slot 53, which, asbefore stated, extends in a direction fore and aft of the machine. Thisplate 75 has a number of perforations, arranged in longitudinal andtransverse rows, as shown in Fig. 10, and at one side of the rectangularperforated area is a stop 76, against which the hand of the user is tobe placed, as shown in the figure just mentioned. Below the top plate,75, is a bottom plate 77, having perforations registering with those inthe other, the area of perforations being located above the slots 53 and54 in the plate 52. In the perforations are loose pins, as 78, havingenlargements slightly below the middle, which act as abutments and restby gravity on the bottom plate 77, leaving the lower ends of the pinsprojecting equally below the said plate, as shown in Figs. 9, 11, 12 and13. The upper ends of the pins project slightly above the top plate 7 5,and it is upon these upper ends that the hand of the user actuallyrests, in the particular embodiment now being described. Pivoted to ears79 on the upper side of the carriage 57, at opposite sides of the slot53, are arms 80 which carry at their forward ends a traveler 81, of across section like an inverted V. Pivoted on the same side of thecarriage is a pawl 82, the forward end of which extends under thetraveler 81 and is yieldingly supported by a spring actuated arm 83', soas to hold the traveler against the bottom plate 77, the contiguous pinsbeing lifted thereby as shown in Figs. 11 and 12. The other end of thepawl extends rearwardly over a slot 85 in the carriage. The

the rear end of the pawl 82 out of the slot 85. I

When, however, the traveler passes from under the hand, and strikes arow of pins none of which is held down, that row at once permits thetraveler to rise, depressing the rear end of the pawl and causing it toengage one of the teeth on a rack 86 arranged in line therewith on thesup orting plate 52. Further movement of tl fe carriage is thereforeimpossible, and the lineal movement of the lever 49 also, since thelatter is pivoted to the carriage. It will be clear that with a shorterhand on the pins the carriage would move a less distance, and a greaterdistance with a longer hand. On the carriage 58 is an exactly similartraveler and pawl system, the former being designated by 87 and thelatter by 88, see Figs. 8 and 13, more particularly. The traveler 87moves transversely under the hand and therefore measures the breadththereof, the pawl dropping into a notch in the rack 89 as soon as thetraveler escapes the hand and can elevate a row of pins. The carriagebeing thereby stopped the lever 66, Fig. 14, can swing no farther, andthe gage rod 50 comes to rest in its final position relative to the gageblock 41. It will be observed that the travelers in passing over thepins press them upward in successive rows against the palm and lingers,thus producing a sensation which creates in the mind of the operator theimpression that the apparatus is actually investigating the contour andlines of his hand. Since the apparatus is primarily intended foramusement purposes any features which work to this end are important. Infact the creation of the impression just mentioned by actual engagementof the hand is one of the objects of our employment of the particularhand-gaging devices herein described.

If no hand is on the gage pins, or if the hand is improperly applied,when the machine is operated the pawls will of course drop against thefirst teeth on their respective racks, and in the present embodiment theproportions and arrangement of the parts are such that this will bringthe gage rod short of the gage block and so permit the latter to rise toits highest position, as previously explained. It is intended that thechute thus selected will contain cards with inscriptions informing theoperator that his hand was not properly placed. In the present apparatusthe same result will be produced if the hand applied to the gage be veryabnormally long in proportion to its width, in which case the gage rodwill of course not be swung over the block at all; also if the hand beabnormally wide; in which case the rod may be swung past the block bythe excessive travel of carriage 58. The remaining teeth of racks 86 and89 are divided between the transverse and longitudinal rows of steps onthe block, respectively. This plan of having several teeth for each rowof steps gives the machine a certain range within which the same hand,though occupying a slightly different position on the pins each time,will in most cases select the same step and consequently cause the samekind of a card to be ejected.

As has already been explained, the gage rod cannot move in any directionafter the laterally moving carriage, 58, is stopped. It is the continuedmovement of the lever 66 after the carriage 57 stops that causes thelever 49 to swing on its fulcrum and carry the rod over the block.Consequently the carriage 57 must have reached its final position beforethe other, or the rod would never be brought into operative relationwith the block. Hence, the distance traveled by carriage 57 must be lessthan the other, or the former must move at greater speed, or both. Thehand, however, is longer than it is wide, and if the machine isconstructed so that the distance actually traversed by the carriages isproportional to these two dimensions they must move'at different speeds.Measurements of a large number of normal hands show that the averageratio of length to breadth is as one hundred to sixty-five, orapproximately one to two-thirds. In the present machine the parts are soproportioned that the carriage 57 moves at greater speed than thecarriage 58, as will be seen from the fact that the lever 66 is longerthan the arm 69 and bell-crank lever 71.

The link 68, (see Fig. 2), which actuates the lever 66, extends to therear of the machine and carries a coiled spring 90, abutting at one endagainst a stop 91 and its rear end against a rider 92 mounted to slideon the link. The rider is engaged by the upper forked end of a lever 93,fulcrurned at 94, and normally rests against a nut 92, so as to give thespring a certain amount of initial tension, with the result that lever93 can positively restore the link to its initial position after themachine is operated. The lower end of the lever is connected by a link95 with a slide or roller 96, adapted to move in a slot 97 formed in anupstanding body 98 secured to the bottom of the casing. Extendingupwardly from the slide or roller 96 is a link 99, connecting with anarm 100 rigidly mounted on the main operating shaft 44. As the shaft isrocked the lever 93 is swung on its pivot and link 68 is advanced, thespring 90 being stiff enough to prevent the rider'92 from moving on thelink unless the lever 66 be positively held, as by the cari end of lever93.

riage 58, whereupon the spring will yield and permit the lever 93 tocontinue its motion. The slot 97, it will be observed, is in its lowerportion almost vertical, so that when the roller reaches that part itwill thereafter cause the link 95 merely to turn about its other end andso cease to advance the upper The more inclined part of the slot issufficiently long to give lever 93 enough movement for a completeactuation of the measuring devices, while the lower part of the slotgives a certain amount of lost motion to the arm 100, during which timethe card ejecting mechanisms may be brought into operation.

The levers 18, 19, which actuate the ejector bar 17 are keyed to atransverse shaft 101, Figs. 1 and 16, which has an arm 102 connected toa link 103. In the lower end of the link is a longitudinal slot104,'engaging a stud 105 on a bell crank lever 106 rigidly mounted onthe main operating shaft 44. The slot gives sufiicient lost motion tothe bell crank lever to enable the other functions of the machine to beperformed before the stud 105 reaches the upper end of the slot andcauses the ejector bar 17 to move forward and throw out a card.

Where the machine is to be coin-controlled any convenient coin-actuatedmechanism may be employed, as for example that shown in Figs. 16 to 19.107 is the coin chute, extending downwardly at an angle to the shaft 44and terminating a short distance above the same, The operating handle 3has a sleeve 108 extending over the shaft and abutting against the hubof the bell crank lever 106, as shown in Fig. 1.7. The sleeve is looseon the shaft, but is keyed to a sleeve 109 car rying a coin receiver 110which in the initial position of the handle lies flat against the chute107 and serves as a continuation thereof. The coin receiver has a slot111 extending from its lower edge, and on the bell crank 106 is an armcarrying an extension 112 with a plate 113 lying above the said slot. Ifthe handle 3 now be pulled forward the coin receiver will turn idly onthe shaft, the slotted end of the receiver passing upward and above theplate 113, to the posit-ion sh own in dotted lines in Fig. 16. If,however, a coin of the proper size is dropped in the chute 107 it willpass into the receiver 110 and rest against a lug 114 on the plate 113.hen the hand lever 3 is now pulled forward the coin, acting asa bridgefor the slot, as seen in Figs. 18 and 19, engages the plate 113 andcarries the bell crank lever with it, thus actuating the main operatingshaft 44. It is of course evident that the coin offers no impediment tothe return movement of the receiver; but pivoted to a stud 115 on theside of the casing is a triangular spring-sruaported member 116 having astop 11 at its rear corner, which engages a stop on the bell crank lever104, so that the latter will remain in the position shown in Fig. 19although the coin receiver may begin to return to its first position. Inthe backward movement of the receiver the coin is released from the lug114 and slides off into a funnel 118 from which it is discharged into asuitable receptacle 119. As the handle and receiver approach theirinitial positions, after the coin has been freed,

a cam 120 on the sleeve 109 strikes its upper corner of the stop-member116, forcing it downward out of engagement with the bell crank lever 106and permitting the latter to resume its first position, as in Fig. 16,with its stop 121 bearing against the stop 117 to limit the returnmovement of the lever. The sleeve 109 and handle 3 are rotated backwardon the shaft 44 by a spring 122, connected to the back of the casing andto an arm 123 on the said sleeve. The dash-pot 124, connected withanother arm, 125, on the sleeve 109, is for the usual purpose ofpreventing the operator from slamming the hand lever 3. After the bellcrank lever 106 is released from the stop 117, as above described, theshaft 44 and all the parts directly connected therewith are returned totheir first positions by a spring 126, Fig. 2, connected with an arm127, pivoted to the rear of the casing at 128 and connected by a link129 with an arm 130 rigidly mounted on the main operating shaft.

The cycle of operation performed by the machine will now be readilyunderstood.

The user places his right hand on the gage.

pins, as shown in Fig. 10, and having inserted a coin in the chute,grasps the hand lever and pulls it toward him. The handle being nowoperatively connected with the shaft 44 by the interposition of thecoin, the arm 100, Fig. 2, depresses the roller 96, throwing the upperend of lever 93 forward and actuating the lever 66, Figs. 8 and 14. Thecarriages 57 and 58 are thereby shifted until brought to rest by thetravelers passing from under the hand. The gage rod has now been setover the gage block, as previously explained, and by this time theroller 96 has reached the lower part of the slot 97 and the lever 93ceases to move. Or, if the roller is still in the curved part of theslot the further movement of lever 93 simply compresses the spring 90 onthe link 68. By this time the arm 45, Fig. 2, has reached the block 41,and raises the same until checked by the gage rod striking the plate 51.The elevation of the block lifts the link 40 and arm 39, throwing thearm 37, Fig. 3, to the left and thus setting the pawl-carrying slide inthe position corresponding to the position of the gage rod relative tothe steps on the gage block. The spring 47, Fig. 2, now yields andpermits the main shaft to turn still farther, until the stud 105, Figs.16 and 18, reaches the upper end of the slot in link 103 and, liftingthe said link,

I rocks the shaft 101 and arms 18, 19, and l throws the ejector .bar 17forward. VVhereupon the selected ejector, engaged by the pawl, throwsout a card. Upon release of the operating handle 3 the coin isdischarged into the receptacle 119 and the stop member 116 is depressedby the cam 120. The main shaft being thus freed, the spring 126 rocks itbackward and the parts connected to it are restored to their initialpositions, in the reverse of the order in which they were brought intooperation.

sider the preferred form of our invention, but it is evident that thesame may be widely varied without departing from the proper scope of theinvention as defined in the following claims.

1. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination with travelinghand-measuring devices, of a series of cards stored in differentpositions in a magazine, and mechanism for discharging said cardssingly, said discharging mechanism being operatively connected with thesaid traveling handmeasuring devices, as set forth.

2. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination with travelinghand-measuring devices, the extent of movement of which is dependentupon the dimensions of a hand applied thereto, of a series of cardsstored in different positions in a magazine, and mechanism fordischarging said cards singly, said discharging mechanism beingoperatively connected with the said traveling hand-measuring devices, asset forth.

3. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination with a supportfor the hand, a traveling hand-measuring device adapted to traverse thehand support, and means for stopping the movement of the measuringdevice when the same reaches the limit of a hand applied to the saidsupport, of a series of cards stored in different positions in amagazinc, and means for discharging said cards singly, said dischargingmeans being operatively connected with the measuring device, as setforth.

4. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of ahorizontally arranged support for the hand, a horizontally movablemeasuring device adapted to traverse the hand support and also capableof vertical movement toward and away from the same, a plurality of gagepins movable vertically in the hand support and having their lower endsprojecting into the path of the measuring device, means controlled bythe vertical movement of the measuring device for limiting thehorizontal movement of the same, and card selecting mechanism dependentupon the horizontal movement of the said measuring device, as set forth.

5. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of a pluralityof vertically The embodiment herein described we con- 7 movable pins, ahorizontally moving traveler engaging the lower ends of the pins andcapable also of vertical movement, a pawl connected with the traveler,and a rack arranged to be engaged by the pawl, as set forth.

6. In an apparatus of the kind described,

the combination of a horizontally arranged pin-carrier, a plurality ofpins movable vertically in the carrier, a pair of travelers, one movablelongitudinally and the other transversely of the carrier in engagementwith the lower ends of the pins therein and capable also of verticalmovement, pawls connected with the travelers, and racks arranged to beengaged by the pawls, as setforth.

7. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination oflongitudinally and transversely moving handmeasuring devices, a movablegage block controlled by the said measuring devices, a card magazinehaving cards stored in different positions therein, and means forselecting a card according to the extent of movement of the gage block,as set forth.

8. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination ofhorizontally moving hand measuring devices, a movable gage block havingsteps of different heights, card selecting mechanism connected with thegage block, and a gage rod adapted to be located in operative relationto the gage block by the handmeasuring devices, as set forth.

9. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of a cardmagazine having cards stored in different positions therein, a series ofejectors, actuating devices arranged in Vernier-scale relation to theejectors, and means for adjusting the said series of actuating devices,as set forth.

10. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of a cardmagazine having a plurality of card chutes, a series of ejectors for theseveral chutes, a series of actuating devices arranged in Vernier-scalerelation to the ejectors, adjustable longitudinally and movabletransversely of the said series of ejectors, meansfor adjusting theseries of actuating devices, and hand-gaging mechanism operativelyconnected with the said adjusting means, as set forth.

11. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of a cardmagazine having cards stored in different positions therein, a series ofejectors, a series of actuating devices arranged in Vernier-scalerelation to the ejectors, a movable gage block operatively connectedwith the said actuating devices to adjust the same relative to theejectors, and

hand-gaging mechanism operatively connected with the gage block todetermine the extent of movement thereof, as set forth.

12. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of a cardmagazine having a plurality of card chutes, a series of card ejectors, abar movable transversely of the series of ejectors, a slide adjustablelongitudinally in the bar, ejector-actuating devices on the slide inVernier-scale relation to the ejectors, and means for adjusting theslide in the bar to select any of the ejectors, as set forth.

13. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of a cardmagazine having a plurality of card chutes, a series of card ejectors, abar movable transversely of the series of ejectors, a slide adjustablelongitudinally in the bar, ejector actuating devices on the slide inVernier-scale relation to the ejectors, means for adjusting the slide inthe bar rela tive to the ejectors, and hand-gaging mechanism operativelyconnected with the said adjusting means, as set forth.

14. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination with asupport for the hand, of means for tactually engaging successiveportions of the hand in succession to cause sensation therein, as setforth.

15. The combination with a hand support, of a stop for the hand, todetermine the position of the hand thereon, as set forth.

16. The combination with a hand support, of a triangular stop for thehand adapted to fit between the thumb and palm of the hand to determinethe position of the hand on the support, as set forth.

17. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of aplurality of normally depressed vertically movable pins, and means forpressing pins upwardly and in succession, against the hand applied tothe upper ends of the pins, as set forth.

18. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of ahorizontal plate c0nstituting a support for the hand, a plurality ofnormally depressed pins movable vertically in said plate and arranged inrows, and means for exerting upward pressure on said rows in succession,as set forth.

HARRY N. MARVIN. HERMAN CASLER.

Witnesses for H. N. Marvin:

A. W. MARVIN, E. B. KooPMAN. WVitnesses for Herman Casler:

T. E. CAsLER, M. E. RAPP.

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